"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ...
Welcomer back Katy. You didn't miss ANYTHING.

It is far better to meet real people, than to dance with
sock puppets.

True....sock pupets only know one step....

wrote

Hey, everyone. You have all sure been busy posting away here while I
was
incommunicado. We finally got phone service established here on our
boat,
so I'm back to normal emailing. Oh, yeah...I forgot to mention...we are
now
living aboard Chanteuse, escaping the cold winter up in MI (they've
already
had 6 inches of snow and expect 6" nore tonight...too bad, so sad).
Right
now we're in the Pamlico Sound area (some of you know where exactly...).
We're just taking life esasy for right now and staying away from going
out
into the Atlantic....the weather off Cape Hatteras to Cape Fear is
frightening....45-50 knots with 20 foot waves. Not what I want my first
encounter with the Atlantic to be! We've met a bunch of lovely people,
including one Doug and Kathy King, who are great folks, interesting to
talk
to, and enjoyable to be with. Have also met some friends of Michael
Ortin's
(Schoonertrash) who sail in this area who are very pleasant people too.
Chopper likes living aboard except that we're always having to ask him
to
move since the aft cabin has become the closet/storage area. He was a
bit
put out at first that we had usurped "his" room for such mundane stuff
as
the printer, clothes, and accesoroes. We are now official liveabords
since
we installed the requisite blue tarp over our boom when we had a
downpour
yesterday...sure makes a difference not having the rain come pouring
down
the hatch. We're also shopping for a new mainsail before taking off to
do
any serious cruising. Haven't decided whether we're going to go north
or
south yet. Plenty of time to decide that later. For right now, we like
it
here and there's lots to explore and lots of places to sail to in the
vicinity. I brought my fishing gear with me and on a warmer day will go
out
to the beach to surf fish. I caught a 1.5# crappe off the dock the
other
day and cooked it up for dinner. So, that's where I've been and
am....good
to be back.

katy